REPUBLICANS POUNCE: WashPost Spins ISIS-Inspired Beheadings of Two Women as ‘Weapon for the Far Right.’

The Washington Post put the December beheading of two young female Scandinavian hikers in Morocco on the front page on Sunday. The bodies of Maren Ueland of Norway and Louisa Jespersen of Denmark were found on December 17 in the Atlas Mountains, and the Post barely covered it at the time.

This new 5,000-word story came with this strange headline: “In 2 brutal killings for Islam, a weapon for the far right.”

Doesn’t that devalue the victims? Can the Post imagine this headline? “In brutal killing of columnist Khashoggi, a weapon for The Washington Post.” Can’t all good people disparage brutal killings?

As one of Tim Blair’s headline went, “Stop Pointing the Finger at Victims Of Terror.”